{"id":475038,"date":"2026-02-18T03:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475038\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T03:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:08:07","slug":"food-prices-are-surging-in-russia-is-the-war-hitting-russians-in-the-pocket-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475038\/","title":{"rendered":"Food prices are surging in Russia. Is the war hitting Russians in the pocket? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE80M2FjckVQN1R0ODZyTHZHTmFYX3hJX2l0bjJaNm93c290enZ5em9tWU96c21JdHBrRXd6cG9aX2dja3ZWWl9yY0VQbHRsSVJCNkVYSVZLYmVNdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Food prices are surging in Russia. Is the war hitting Russians in the pocket?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxONkNtOGtqazJleWlXdnBTTHd3YWRYNnRfQndpUF9WejBEeHJGY1dEbW1tcXVqc3dIM1NSN1I3cTZyWlE4eUxBNy1fckFZelR6dy1oRk1CcnJuMGVhWVF3UlNzRExqclZIQ0d0d3Rsc0FTbGZybFFSZEVVUkVuZW8tRFRObFAxbll6UzJVSDNieE0tbTA5NFotUG5ucV9NZVVKZnMyRmNhQ1l2NzZzX0Y1RzVaaEhmdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In Russia, the humble cucumber becomes latest symbol of rising wartime prices<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQU1I3alU1SndUMmREQkRJV3dEUzlQNmdZRXBrZ2h0N1pwYUhTQVQzX1pwZmstbUR4VjFoeFVwcUZsa0tfbU1aX2VzWkkwVHotMU14dnpKSnd2eUJtMFNUUFhxdmZRMFQ5RXlndDZZVzhrXzZDYW85OUFWMHpTamlGRklrT21MQzU1dHZRNGZmd3pxT242UF91YtIBmwFBVV95cUxPUFpacjJ1S05rTk1yU19sUFVDcElrYlBFNGE5TV85TzRNRExMQ2otNzZ3MFJhYUpRczFMVEFoRElJMWZ2djMyUk9ySnJfVFFMT2NDMDVJcnc2bERvRDRfRTZlVnc5NVpqYWpNeENISmFGMzYzbU0ySEZndE5CcWEtQTJIT3V3cGhYQ0RrOTR5RjdJRXpMMy1QemJvZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guns Or Cucumbers: The Kremlin&#8217;s Wartime Economy Steers Into Serious Crosscurrents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The New Gold&#8221;: Prices Of Cucumbers Soar In Russia Amid Wartime Inflation, Trigger Anger<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NDTV<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxOTXY5WkVlOWFxRmFmTVdNc1hTekJhWGtKUjJMRGVZQnQwZnlQVWx4VE1rTXl5WlczOG1IcTU3eDU3b0xkbF9ZSDJyMy0xdE5IZ0c4dXQtcUNueGZ2TFM5SzNhQVJYMDJLVk9KSnNfSS1IRUMwZFRWNWVBYVZlSG8xanJYRTNvZ1lmcElPSlpjM3lNVzJYdWZZWnA2MThFTHZxX0RTaGdnWW9zNmxWWmo4SmFhRDdHUFh1UkM1M1JYT05NdG9Qa2ctMEIxOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russian Cucumbers Now Cost More Than Bananas as Wartime Economy Struggles<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fine Day 102.3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Food prices are surging in Russia. Is the war hitting Russians in the pocket?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCIn Russia, the humble cucumber&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-475038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}